No. 5Ohio State Buckeyes

6thin Big Ten · 4-1

YES!

Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Iowa Hawkeyes

Ranked #5 · 4-1 31 – 14

Ranked #20 · 4-1

Final · Sat, Oct 3

Game Details

Kinnick Stadium (Iowa City) · 69,250 fans · CBS

Highlights

Julian Sayin, Jeremiah Smith lead No. 5 Ohio State past No. 14 Iowa, 31-14

Julian Sayin threw for 324 yards and three touchdowns, two to Jeremiah Smith, and No. 5 Ohio State beat No. 14 Iowa 31-14 on Saturday.

Recap via ESPN

0:26 Sayin finds McCuin for early Ohio State TD

0:30 Jeremiah Smith makes miraculous catch around 3 defenders for 54-yard gain

0:17 Jeremiah Smith hauls in 12-yard TD vs. Iowa on stroke of halftime

0:32 Jeremiah Smith hits Heisman after breaking OSU's receiving TD record

Clips play on ESPN

Kinnick Stadium · Iowa City

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
OSU	10	7	7	7	31
IOWA	6	0	0	8	14

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Game Leaders

Ohio State Buckeyes

Julian Sayin · 20/27, 324 YDS, 3 TDPassing Yards
Ja'Kobi Jackson · 14 CAR, 72 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Jeremiah Smith · 11 REC, 206 YDS, 2 TDReceiving Yards
Kenyatta Jackson Jr. · 1Sacks
Payton Pierce · 6Tackles

Iowa Hawkeyes

Hank Brown · 12/27, 132 YDS, 1 INTPassing Yards
Kamari Moulton · 11 CAR, 27 YDSRushing Yards
DJ Vonnahme · 6 REC, 64 YDSReceiving Yards
Joseph Anderson · 1Sacks
Jayden Montgomery · 11Tackles

2026 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team
Indiana
Nebraska
UCLA
Minnesota
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Oregon
USC
Iowa
Northwestern
Purdue
Michigan
Penn State
Washington
Illinois
Maryland
Michigan State
Rutgers

Scoring

Q4 9:30

TD Braeden Jackson 2 Yd Run (Jeremy Hecklinski Pass to Reece Vander Zee for Two-Point Conversion)31–14

Q4 12:47

TD Ja'Kobi Jackson 7 Yd Run (Connor Hawkins Kick)31–6

Q3 6:11

TD Jeremiah Smith 57 Yd pass from Julian Sayin (Connor Hawkins Kick)24–6

Q2 0:12

TD J. Sayin pass to Je. Smith for 12 yds, for a TD (C. Hawkins KICK)17–6

Q1 0:00

FG Caden Buhr 48 Yd Field Goal 10–6

Q1 4:17

FG Connor Hawkins 28 Yd Field Goal 10–3

Q1 10:01

FG Caden Buhr 43 Yd Field Goal 7–3

Q1 13:18

TD Devin McCuin 15 Yd pass from Julian Sayin (Connor Hawkins Kick)7–0

Team Stats

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Offense

484 Total Yards 238

324 Passing Yards 199

160 Rushing Yards 39

25 First Downs 15

Efficiency

8-15 3rd Down 5-11

1-2 4th Down 0-0

20/27 Completions 17/32

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 2

9-49 Penalties 6-45

38:02 Possession 21:58

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Julian Sayin	20/27	324	12.0	3	0	89.9
Team	20/27	324	12.0	3	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Ja'Kobi Jackson	14	72	5.1	1	12
Bo Jackson	16	70	4.4	0	16
Isaiah West	7	21	3.0	0	8
Julian Sayin	9	-1	-0.1	0	9
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Team	47	160	3.4	1	16

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jeremiah Smith	11	206	18.7	2	57
Devin McCuin	4	80	20.0	1	34
Brandon Inniss	2	14	7.0	0	8
Nate Roberts	1	9	9.0	0	9
Isaiah West	1	9	9.0	0	9
Maxence LeBlanc	1	6	6.0	0	6
Team	20	324	16.2	3	57

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Julian Sayin	1	0
Christian Alliegro	0	1
Team	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Payton Pierce	6	3	0	0	0	0
Qua Russaw	5	2	1	1.5	0	0
Eddrick Houston	4	2	0	0	0	2
Zion Grady	4	0	0	0	0	0
Leroy Roker III	3	3	0	0	0	0
Earl Little Jr.	3	2	0	0	0	0
Riley Pettijohn	3	2	0	0	0	0
Jermaine Mathews Jr.	3	2	0	0	1	0
Jaylen McClain	3	1	0	0	0	0
Christian Alliegro	3	1	0	0.5	0	0
Devin Sanchez	3	1	0	0	0	0
Simeon Caldwell	3	1	0	0	0	0
Tarvos Alford	2	2	0	1	0	0
Kenyatta Jackson Jr.	1	1	1	1	0	0
Cam Calhoun	1	1	0	0	1	0
James Smith	1	0	0	0	1	0
Beau Atkinson	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jason Moore	0	0	0	0	0	1
John Walker	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team	48	24	2	4	3	6

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Jaylen McClain	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Phillip Bell	2	4	2.0	3	0
Team	2	4	2.0	3	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Connor Hawkins	1/2	50.0	28	4/4	7
Team	1/2	50.0	28	4/4	7

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Joe McGuire	2	80	40.0	0	1	47
Team	2	80	40.0	0	1	47

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